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johannes b

johannes b

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hello,

my name is Johannes I love to read.

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  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • member since September 25, 2008

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  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Happy New Year and best wishes for 2012!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Yvonne T

    Yvonne T says

    Hey Johannes,
    That is actually one of the 'plan to read' books on my shelf, so I wouldn't know...:)
    I've heard that is it recommended to read Murakami's Norwegian Wood before 1Q84, so that's what I'm working on now (really, really slowly---since I have to read a lot for school as well).

    Sorry!

    Yvonne

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Inge R

    Inge R says

    Hoi,

    ik heb het boek nog niet gelezen, staat op m'n "plan to read" lijstje. Ben aan het wachten op de Engelse vertaling.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    HI Johannes:
    Glad to hear you had a great trip! I think a measure of a good vacation is how "little" is read - - the number of pages read is directly related to how much you were doing/seeing! Did you like the train ride?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Hi Johannes: Wow, Trans-Siberian railroad trip! I'm very impressed, perhaps jealous! Given the nature of the trip, how about Graham Greene's "Orient Express" (also published as "Stamboul Train" 1932)? Otherwise, I'm currently reading "Raise the Red Lantern" by Su Tong, which is excellent (just watched the video). I could also recomend "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini or "Onitsha" by J.M.G. LeClezio. Lastly, I have a writer-friend who highly recommends "The Echo Maker" by Richard Powers. Hope this helps - - I would love to hear more about your trip!!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Greetings Johannes!
    Just checking in . . . hope you're doing well! Just curious, do you plan on taking a trip on the Trans-Siberian railroad?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Greetings Johannes!
    Just checking in . . . hope you're doing well! Just curious, do you plan on taking a trip on the Trans-Siberian railroad?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • cpauley929

    cpauley929 says

    Don't forget to sign up to pick one of this month's authors over at Author, Author. Check out who we're reading this month, and help us pick for next month. Just find the discussion titled "Sign up to choose February's author" and put your name in the hat by tomorrow (Saturday) evening.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • LibraryCin

    LibraryCin says

    Hi johannes. I'm from the Author Author group and wanted to welcome you to our group. June’s "featured" author is Michael Connelly, and we have two "secondary" authors, Agatha Christie and John Connolly. If you're interested, you can choose a book written by any (or all!) of these three authors, and after you've read it, please come post a review and star rating so the rest of us in the group know what you read and whether you liked it or not. Happy Reading!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die here and join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (from the book) or you can argue the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in our discussions. The current books are at the top of the list for that month. If there is any way I can answer your questions about the group or about Shelfari, let me know.
    If you don’t own the book the list can be found http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • kolibri

    kolibri says

    Ich gehe auch zur Universität. Ich spezialisiere mich in Flood Risk Management aber zur Zeit sind Ferien. Deshalb habe ich viel Zeit zum lesen. Welches ist dein Lieblingsbuch oder dein liebster Autor?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • kolibri

    kolibri says

    Hey johannes.
    Dein Deutsch ist richtig gut. Hast du es in der Schule gelernt? Oder ist es einfach zu lernen, wenn man aus den Niederlanden ist? Was machst du so? Hast du einen Job oder gehst du zur Universität?

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • kolibri

    kolibri says

    Thanks for joining Booktivity! The first category will be colors!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • kolibri

    kolibri says

    Hi johannes!
    I thought you may be intersted in a new group I started yesterday. It's called Booktivity! It's all about book titles and categories and of course playing and reading. If you are interested, please take a look here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/36069/about

    Happy reading!

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Hi Johannes:
    Ahh, "House of Nanking" is one of my favorite restaurants! I used to work in the Transamerica Pyramid building (I now work from home, but I still have a visitor's office in that building) . . . which was just around the corner. Great choice!
    You mentioned you live in the north . . Friesland? Groningen? Near Weerribben National Park? I'm an avid birder & natural history lover . . so I've read good things about the Weerribben wetlands. My friends took us by ferry to Texel Island when we were last in Holland, which I enjoyed very much!
    Regarding books similar in style to Mulisch, hmm, that's difficult. Have you read "Rituals" by Cees Nooteboom? How about "Homo Faber" by Swiss author Max Frisch, or perhaps Italo Calvino's novels? My Dutch friend recently gave me "Smilla's Sense of Snow" by Peter Høeg, and I thought that was good. Lastly, one of my European Shelfari friends recommended "The Seducer" by Jan Kjaerstad; however I didn't finish it (it was a little too sexually graphic for my tastes).
    Thanks for the tip on "Character" (English title) by Bordwijk; the review sounded interesting, so I ordered it online; have you seen the movie?
    Thanks for the northern Netherlands invitation . . we may take you up on it!
    Regards,
    Scott

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Hi Johannes:
    Thank you for the Shelfari friendship request - - I'm honored to accept!
    Where do you live in the Netherlands? I have been there once to visit good friends, who live in Putten (my friend is a genetics professor at Universiteit Utrecht). In fact, my wife and I are planning to visit our friends in May . . if the bad economy doesn't get to us!
    Yes, I live in (& love!) San Francisco, but I'm not sure what "funky" Chinatown restaurant you are referring to. Do you remember the street it was on? Let me know if you plan on visiting again . . it would be fun to meet!
    Lastly, I noticed that you have read Dutch author Harry Mulisch . . I read, and very much enjoyed his "Discovery of Heaven." Have you read it?
    Best wishes,
    Scott

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • alvin r. c.

    alvin r. c. says

    I really would like to travel but I don't have the resources. I've been only to few places - once in Japan, twice in Singapore, Taiwan, once iin US (Columbus in Ohio, San Francisco, San Diego, LA and NY). One day, I'll go to see the pyramids in Egypt, Angkot Wat in Cambodia, etc. Until then, I'm resorting to reading and watching films to make me "see" the other places that in my lifetime I won't be able to visit. I'm more into fiction, however. I have this one travel writing by Camilo Jose Cela (Journey to Alacarria). I'll read it someday.

    Is the 'Seven Years in Tibet" that you've read the inspiration of the Martin Scorsese's film of the same title? I've watched it and found it amazing. That's one of the most underrated films of Scorsese.

    Thanks for accepting me invitation.

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Welcome to Better than Starbucks! Look around, make yourself at home, start a new thread or dig up an old one or just read and jump in on the more active ones.

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Joielle W

    Joielle W says

    yeah, I thought it was interesting the way he got inside the autistic child's head and it could have been just so wrong, but he nailed it....at least that was the feeling that I got and from reviews of other readers of the book, they were just blown away by the degree of empathy he showed for the character.

    Thanks for the recommendations of the two books. I shall have to try them out and tell you what I think...:) My tastes in reading are varied and I've never been afraid to try new styles of writing so I will wait to see how I like them.

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Joielle W

    Joielle W says

    I noticed that you had read the book, The Curiouis Incident of the Dog in the Nightime. What did you think about it? I thohght it was powerfully written, though it took some time for me to get into. But, overall, it was a good book. Wasn't it a first novel for him?

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

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